Gone nuts after shed?!

YoungBuck · 03-17-05, 08:23 PM

So my JCP just finished his first shed (In my posession) and it was perfect~! All in one nice 2' piece

BUT ever since he has shed he is acting crazy~! He has never tired to bite and last night I tried handling him and he tried tagging me 3 separate times. If I even brush his tail with my knuckle or finger he freaks and whips around the tank like Speedy Gonzales

Does anyone know why?

Is it just saved up energy from when he was in shed? All he did was lay behind his water dish for 4-5 days. I also thought his shed took extremely long considering my Spotty is done his shed in 2-3 days. Different types of snakes...different shedding style maybe?

Any help is appreciated~! And I will have a pic of him when I get my camera working properly

evil11 · 03-17-05, 08:34 PM

i may be wrong but...shedding is alot of work for snakes. he may just be real hungry. if at all possible i feed my snakes right after shed.

Shad0w · 03-17-05, 08:52 PM

sounds pretty normal ... thats the way all my young JCP's are

I swear they think they're cobra's 1/2 the time

YoungBuck · 03-18-05, 01:31 AM

I fed him the day before he went into his shed though...4-5 days ago and I usually feed him fairly large hopper mice every 7 days so I dunno...maybe I will feed him a small fuzzy that I have left over...it's worth a try eh?

evil11 · 03-18-05, 05:15 AM

well you can feed baby snakes every 5 -7 days.

Dan_Kaye · 05-30-05, 12:34 PM

after shed, snakes new skin is really sensative, so that is proberbly it, just iritable!
-Dan